DZD Awards
Young scientists presenting their projects related to basic research as well as to clinical work are eligible to apply for the yearly DZD Awards. Their posters or talks will be evaluated by the DZD NEXT Board.
DZD Awards 2022
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The DZD Award winners for 2022 were announced during the DZD Workshop in Tübingen on 22 March 2023. 10 prizes of 1000 € each were awarded for outstanding conference contributions, with 10th place shared by two prize winners.
Best Conference Contribution | Get to know the winners:
Lídia Cantacorps Centellas (DIfE, Potsdam) | Videoportrait
Simon Dreher (IDM, Tübingen) | Videoportrait
Katharina Kaiser (DDZ, Düsseldorf) | Videoportrait
Jennifer Maurer (IDM, Tübingen) | Videoportrait
Svenja Meyhöfer (Universität Lübeck) | Videoportrait
Karsten Motzler (HMGU, München) | Videoportrait
Ivan Perez Rodriguez (PLID, Dresden) | Videoportrait
Jacqueline Ratter-Rieck (DDZ, Düsseldorf) | Videoportrait
Leontine Sandforth (IDM, Tübingen) | Videoportrait
Mareike Schell (DIfE, Universität Potsdam) | Videoportrait
Alina Walth-Hummel (HMGU, München) | Videoportrait
DZD Award 2021
Best Conference Contribution
Heja Aga-Barfknecht (DIfE, Potsdam)
Obada Bahra (PLID, Dresden)
Prateek Chawla (PLID, Dresden)
Bedair Dewidar (DDZ, Düsseldorf)
Esteban Quezada (PLID, Dresden)
Alireza Shahryari (HMGU, München)
Johanna Siehler (HMGU, München)
Thilo Speckmann (DIfE, Potsdam)
Lore Wagner (IDM, Tübingen)
Best Science Communicator
Rachel Lippert (DIfE, Potsdam)
Weiwei Xu (HMGU, München)
Videos of the Award winners can be found here.
DZD Award 2020
Best Conference Contribution
Paola Apaolaza Gallegos (HMGU, München)
Samaneh Eickelschulte (DDZ, Düsseldorf)
Nermeen El-Agroudy (PLID, Dresden)
Lena Espelage (DDZ, Düsseldorf)
Haifa Maalmi (DDZ, Düsseldorf)
Zuzana Marinicova (PLID, Dresden)
Lucia Mastrototaro (DDZ, Düsseldorf)
Christian Springer (DDZ, Düsseldorf)
Elric Zweck (DDZ, Düsseldorf)
Best Science Communicator
Moritz Mahling (IDM, Tübingen
Videos of the Award winners can be found here.
DZD Award 2019
Christine Henke (PLID, Dresden)
Sarah Homberg (HMGU, Munich)
Yanislava Karusheva (DDZ, Düsseldorf)
Maximilian Lassi (HMGU, Munich)
Estela Lorza Gil (IDM, Tübingen)
Andreas Müller (PLID, Dresden)
Fabiana Quagliarini (HMGU, Munich)
Jovana Vasiljevic (PLID, Dresden)
Xianming Wang (HMGU, Munich)
Oana Patricia Zaharia (DDZ, Düsseldorf)
DZD Award 2018
Raffaele Gerlini, HMGU
Theresia Gutmann, PLID
Luke Harrison, HMGU
Marie Charlotte Hemmer, HMGU
Anica Kurzbach, PLID
Michael Laxy, HMGU
Lena Oppenländer, HMGU
Meriem Ouni, DIfE
Katharina Scheibner, HMGU
Kristina Wardelmann, DIfE
DZD Award 2017
Maria Apostolopoulou (DDZ, Düsseldorf)
Kálmán Bodis (DDZ, Düsseldorf)
Katrin Fischer (Helmholtz Zentrum München)
Sigrid Jall (Helmholtz Zentrum München)
Sharan Janjuha (PLID, Dresden)
Thomas Laeger (DIfE, Potsdam)
Dominik Pesta (DDZ, Düsseldorf)
Charline Quiclet (DIfE, Potsdam)
Mandy Stadion (DIfE, Potsdam)
Francesco Volta (Helmholtz Zentrum München)
DZD Award 2016
Elisa Alvarez-Hernandez (DDZ, Düsseldorf)
Erik Bader (HMGU, München)
Andras Franko (IDM, Tübingen)
Sofiya Gancheva (DDZ, Düsseldorf)
Susanne Keipert (HMGU, München)
Martin Neukam (PLID, Dresden)
Sumeet Pal Singh (PLID, Dresden)
Aimée Bastidas Ponce (HMGU, München)
Carmelo Quarta (HMGU, München)
Andreas Schmitt (FIDAM, Bad Mergentheim)
Heike Vogel (DIfE, Potsdam)
DZD Awards 2012 - 2015
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Application for the DZD Awards 2023 is open until January 31, 2024!
For information on the application process, please contact next@dzd-ev.de.
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